What is essential in educational research?


Add your criteria and attach files of examples of "good" research.


List the criteria that both researchers and consumers need to use to evaluate whether or not a research study meets best practices. Elaborate on the criteria.

  1. Bias is minimized
    • The researcher will not have desired outcomes or assumptions
    • Selection of participants is free of bias
    • Researchers specify limitations of their study that may bias their findings
  2. Grounded in prior reliable research (as noted in the literary review and cited with specific examples)
    • Adequately covers prior research on the topic
    • Cites actual findings from other sources
    • Analyzes and summarizes other research studies
  3. Specific and clearly defined
    • purpose,
    • participants
    • population
    • sampling
    • methods
    • procedures
    • instruments
    • results
  4. Research is checked for reliability and validity
    • Stability
    • Equivalence
    • Internal Consistency
    • Agreement
    • Triangulation
    • Member-checking
    • Thick descriptions
  5. Researchers are well-trained
    • Observers and interviewers (qualitative)
    • High inference studies (qualitative)
    • Measurement (quantitative)

Reference

McMillan, J. H. (2012). Educational research: Fundamentals for the consumer. Boston, MA: Pearson.



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